Weapons and the Laws Module 4

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Emergency CPLs MCL 28.425a revised the process for issuing an emergency license to carry a concealed pistol (emergency CPL). To be eligible to obtain an emergency CPL, an applicant must meet certain statutory requirements and have either obtained a personal protection order issued under MCL 600.2950 or MCL 600.2950a, or a county sheriff has determined there is clear and convincing evidence to believe the safety of the applicant or the safety of a member of the applicant’s family or household is endangered by the applicant’s inability to immediately obtain a CPL. An emergency CPL is valid for 45 days or until the county clerk issues a CPL or a notice of statutory disqualification, whichever occurs first. Pursuant to MCL 28.425a(4), an individual who fails to immediately surrender an unexpired emergency CPL to the county clerk after being notified of a statutory disqualification is guilty of a 93-day misdemeanor. An emergency CPL will indicate if the individual is exempt from the prohibitions against carrying a concealed pistol or electro-muscular disruption (EMD) device on the premises listed in MCL 28.425o. Fingerprinting and fingerprinting receipt An applicant for a CPL who has submitted an application and paid the required application fee, must request that classifiable fingerprints be taken by the county clerk, Michigan State Police, county sheriff, a local police agency, or other entity, if that entity provides fingerprinting capability for purposes of the Firearms Act. Fingerprints shall be taken by the entity within five days of the request. The applicant shall pay a fee of $15 to the entity taking the fingerprints and provide that entity with his or her CPL application receipt. The entity shall issue the applicant a receipt at the time his or her fingerprints are taken. The receipt shall contain the information required by MCL 28.425b(9). Pursuant to MCL 28.425b(14), if a CPL or notice of statutory disqualification is not issued within 45 days of the date classifiable fingerprints were taken, the fingerprinting receipt will serve as a CPL when carried with an official state-issued driver’s license or personal identification card and is valid as a CPL until a CPL or notice of statutory disqualification is issued by the county clerk.